Scientists traced a mysterious surge of low-energy gamma rays from zinc-70 to magnetic changes occurring inside its nucleus.

A person’s sleeping brain may reveal warning signs of dementia long before memory problems begin. Researchers used machine learning to analyze EEG recordings from about 7,000 adults and found that an ...

A black hole observed during a dramatic 2023 eruption did not simply devour gas from its nearby companion star. It also expelled large amounts of material through powerful jets and winds, even after ...

More than 150 years after Darwin’s finches helped reshape biology, Galápagos plants are exposing another evolutionary ...

Researchers have developed a light-driven method for creating tiny, high-energy “housane” molecules that are valuable for drug development and materials science. These compact ring-shaped structures ...

A liquid brushed onto cavities in seconds may spare many young children from pain, infection, and surgery. A major U.S. trial ...

A compound in rice bran may help calm an overactive gut by reducing the calcium signals that cause intestinal muscles to contract. Ferulic acid suppressed contractions triggered by several chemical ...

Signals traveling from the gut to the brain may help turn meals into lasting memories. Rats showed stronger memory activity ...

A fossil overlooked for nearly 80 years has revealed a previously unknown crocodile relative that lived 210 million years ago ...

Ultrafast X-rays revealed how a molecule converts absorbed light into motion in just trillionths of a second. Individual ...

Sleeping well during a heatwave starts with stopping the home from overheating. Close blinds against strong sunlight, ...

Europa’s hidden ocean has made the icy moon one of the solar system’s most promising places to search for habitable ...